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Football
Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting and cheering for one side or the other.
One of the most surprising things about football in England to a stranger is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most if the important teams. He has photographs of them and knows the results of a large number off matches. He will tell you, with a great air of authority, who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously --much more seriously than nearly all-European schools, where lessons are all-important, and games are left for private arrangements. In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in a classroom; education also means character training. One of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working selfishly for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game, it is good exercise for the body, it needs skill and a quick brain, it is popular and it is cheap. As a result, it is the school's favorite game in the winter.
1. In England football is a game enjoyed
A) only by young people.
B) only by rich people.
C) only by boys.
D) by people of all ages and classes.
2. A stranger in England will be surprised to find that in that country
A) people have little knowledge of football.
B) girls are more interested in football than boys.
C) even small boys know a lot about football.
D) children are not interested in football at all.
3. There is a great difference between schools in England and those in Europe in that
A) European schools take football seriously.
B) European schools often arrange football matches for their pupils.
C) schools in England care little about lessons.
D) schools in England believe character training to be part of education.
4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of the football game?
A) it makes people selfish.
B) it encourages cooperation.
C) it is good for health.
D) it is not expensive.
5. What is the author's attitude towards the football game in England?
A) critical.
B) positive.
C) negative.
D) doubtful.
标准答案： D,C,D,A,B
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Need for emphasis on treatment
AIDS programs in developing countries put little emphasis on treatment, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, asking for more small community-based clinics to be opened to treat HIV-infected people.
An estimated 36 million to 46 million people are living with AIDS, two-thirds of them in Africa, but only 440,000 people in developing countries were receiving treatment by the end of 2003, the UN health agency said in its annual report.
“Without treatment, all of them will die a premature and in most cases painful death, ” the WHO said in the 169-page World Health Report.
WHO Director General Lee Jong-wook said community-based treatment should be added to disease prevention and care for suffers in AIDS programs.
“Future generations will judge our time in large part by our response to the AIDS disease,” Lee said.
“By tackling it decisively we will also be building health systems that can meet the health needs of today and tomorrow. This is a historic opportunity we cannot afford to miss, ” he adds.
Antiretroviral drugs enable people hit by AIDS to live longer. The annual cost of treatment, which was about $ 10,000 when the drugs were first developed, has dropped to about $ 150.
Treatment programs also help AIDS prevention efforts, the report said, citing great demands for testing and counseling where treatment has been made available.
Good counseling in turn leads to more effective prevention in those who are uninfected, and significantly reduces the potential for HIV carriers to pass on the infection, the report said.
Since its discovery in 1980s, more than 20 million have died of AIDS, mostly in poor countries.
1. Which is true of many AIDS sufferers in developing countries?
A. they put too little emphasis on treatment
B. they are not receiving any treatment
C. they refuse to be treated.
D. they live longer than those in developed countries
2. The WHO publishes its World Health Report ___.
A. once every two years
B. once a decade
C. once a year
D. twice a year
3. According to Lee, our response to AIDS disease is ___.
A. a matter of great significance
B. a matter of little significance
C. overemphasized
D. timely
4. AIDS treatment programs may also result in ___.
A. better drugs
B. lower yearly cost
C. more effective prevention
D. greater emphasis on treatment
5. How many people have died of AIDS so far?
A. 36 million
B. 46 million
C. around 440,000
D. more than 20 million
标准答案： B,C,A,C,D
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